Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human.

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.

Nowadays are the world doesn't need words, but lives which cannot be explained except through faith & love for Christ's poor

In life, have but one desire, one only--to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire existence.

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute final way.

There is no elevator to success to have to take the stairs.

I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.

The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches.

You only have to solve two problems when going to the moon: first, how to get there; and second, how to get back. The key is don't leave until you have solved both problems.

I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.

Quebec's distinct character makes Canada an even better country, and vice versa: being in Canada makes Quebec a better place too.

Only those persons who have lived, really lived, are ready, welcoming, receptive, thankful to death. Then death is not the enemy. Then death becomes the fulfillment.

Baseball is the life.

That’s one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about when we don’t want to talk about ourselves.